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Plainpad vs plumio: catalog facts
Plainpad	plumio
Freemium Free and open source; Markdown editing and offline mode are paid add-ons via custom…	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence, with no subscriptions.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Optional encryption of note content in the database Unlimited users	Quick Docker Compose deployment Document encryption for notes
Markdown editing and offline mode are paid extras Plain-text notes only in the free version	Smaller project with a modest user base Needs a server to run on
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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